Patrick Burke: Social media eroding ability for reflective thought

10:08 PM,
Jun. 28, 2013

Patrick Burke

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Success in business requires good communication skills, both written and verbal. A businessperson's ability to persuade a customer to buy hinges on the ability to demonstrate why the product or service would be of benefit. How is the next generation of professionals learning to communicate?

On email, Facebook and Twitter, communicating at speeds of thought, we reach around the world in seconds about anything we like or dislike, from paella to politics.

What effect does this have on our capacity to thoughtfully reflect on a matter before we respond? ...